Open Source Robotics with Python: Learn Robotics with No Robot Required

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Uses ROS 2 and the Gazebo simulator with Python, running inside a rocker container so setup skips installing Ubuntu, ROS and Gazebo locally. Builds a Python node that subscribes to odometry and publishes Twist cmd_vel messages, uses colcon and ros2 CLI commands, exposes a trigger service do_loopy that makes the turtlebot4 drive a loop, and adds hazard_detection subscription so the simulated robot stops on impact — the demo runs successfully.

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1. 0:00Open source robotics intro
2. 1:04Learn robotics with ROS/Gazebo
3. 5:19ROS workspace setup
4. 9:33TurtleBot4 simulation launch
5. 10:36ROS Python package
6. 11:39ROS nodes and topics
7. 13:47Odometry data in Python
8. 15:34Robot control with Twist
9. 17:20Debugging with ROS CLI
10. 20:12Barrel roll behavior
11. 21:14ROS services and actions
12. 22:14Loop service implementation
13. 24:00Hazard detection sensor
14. 27:10Wall proximity testing
15. 30:44Conclusion and resources

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